NFS Porsche Unleashed was the catalyst for the NFS modding community. Obviously NFS games were modded before but it wasn't very popular or creative, on the internet it started with High Stakes , but NFS:PU was when a large community formed and started getting really creative
@@BlooTeg I believe the reason was because a lot more people started having broadband or at least unlimited/cheap dialup, while also moving away from BBS to phpbb style forums and instant messagers. So people started sharing files more often
shame you can't add completely new tracks into the game or cars, instead tyou can only replace with current existing ones, would be amazing if someone made a mod that adds few new tracks (from PS1 version for instance) and cars that appeared in PS1 release but were missing on PC (924, 968, 917k to name a few)
this is what made me a Porschephile, and also is the beginning era of EA Porsche exclusive license, for the music this is peak. R U Ready, Dr. Know and Rezidue are my favourite songs from Porsche Unleashed (hail to Rom Di Prisco aka Morphadron) fun fact: The PS1 version of Porsche Unleashed was made by none other than Eden Games the devs of TDU1 and 2
Jesus Christ! I only played the game on PC and my eyes are bleeding and my brain is short-circuiting from what I see from the console version. What an abomination that should be burned and forgotten. The PC version was a masterpiece and a joy for the soul to play over and over again.
@@BlooTeg I played through the PC Version at least 3 times as a kid. I couldn't have said it better. What I saw in this Video hast pretty much nothing in common with what I remember...
The PS1 version might have been a bit dissapointing, but the PC version is GOATED to me. Even 24 years later the handling in the PC version feels different and very difficult to control sometimes, and when you combine that with the upgrade and damage system you can see that it was pretty damn realistic for a 2000 game, still love the evolution and the factory driver mode to this day
Man, I forgot to talk about the damage! That's the whole point of the used cars! But I still believe I'll make a video on the PC version of each game too, just because of how different they are
@@BlooTeg Idk about the PS1 version, but the PC version has a pretty realistic and annoying damage system, you can feel the steering of the car pushing to one side if you damage the front and the loss of power once the drivetrain is damaged, and the cost to repair it only gets more expensive the further you go in Evolution mode, can be a real pain in the ass once you get to the modern era xd
@@corvetaumbr2410 I never played PS version, however I cherish the PC version to this day. I still take it as one of the best racing games ever, and it sucks that I cannot get it to run on modern PC
@@TMILP A friend of mine hosts a discord server with a "community updated" version where we occasionally run some tournaments, the game runs normally on my DX12 modern GPU, I can give you the invite link if you're interested
>Video about Porsche Unleashed titled 'The WEIRDEST Need for Speed EVER!' >Doesn't play the PC version The PC version lives rent free in my head because of the Normandie track - you start off in the middle of the forest, drive through ancient ruins and a graveyard, then enter a weirdcore farmland before making it to the farmstead proper, where living mannequin farmers move like animatronics. Yes really. It's such a weird, weird track and I've never forgotten it.
PC version is totally different. Entirely different tracks. I think PC version is a must play. Even now. I loved factory driver mode. Maybe not everyones cup of coffee but it was mine. Try it.
Porsche Unleahsed on PS1 felt like such a fever dream to me. For some reason I got really scared of the police chasing after me like it's slender man or something
Ah yes, The "V-Rally 2" of Porsche NFS. Since the physics kinda same, I can easy getting used to. The Classic Era ost(Home and Porsche Ceneter ost)are earworm it's brainrotting me as a kid. Modern era are my favorites because of the 996 GT3 i believe that i always use in Arcade mode. Never play the PC so i literally had no single idea.
The menu music worked by remixing different bits of audio, like 3 or 4 different little loops, that when put together, repeated sometimes, will make the song. I once ripped the audio and remade one of them, it was basically like, "audio 1"(x2) → "audio 2" → "audio 1" → "audio 3", then back. The songs can be found unofficially on RUclips. Hey, if they aren't offering them officially, then it shouldn't be wrong to do that, right? For the game, the only thing (outside of bugs) I think is unfortunate is how the car's headlights don't work. Some tracks are set at night and you can't see anything. You can see the road, without even having brightness that high, but it's odd. One would think they would not have big sections of track at night without illumination, like the french riviera at 7:27. It's annoying enough, that I know you're on the second race of the Classic Era Class 2 Championship.. it kinda sticks with you. But, seriously, piss off "ReDriver 2", I want "ReNeed For Speed Porsche Unleashed PS1", but with working headlights, more cars on track, and the open maps having all roads available (since it would be too heavy on PS1 to have the whole maps at once, free roam is a smaller map). More realistically for what they could've done back then, just, like, maybe a practice mode where you could pick any of the closed-off street circuits and any car and just drive there.
This game is basically a Total conversation mod for V-Rally 2. Compare them side-by-side. Same camera, same physics, same modeling style, similar UI typefaces...
I had the PC version, growing up in the mid-late 2000’s. Those synth tracks are really friggin nostalgic. The Factory Driver mode was my absolute favorite! Maybe one day you can play the PC versions of classic NFS in backwards release order. Great video!
In the PC version of Porsche Unleashed. You could get pretty much infinite money by buying used cars, fixing em and selling for a profit. I think it was like a bug that never got patched.
Soundtrack on PC was done by a guy called Morphadron and someone else called Captain Ginger. I suspect PS1 could have at least one Morphadron track that wasn’t in the PC version. Another thing worth checking is really old stock music. A lot of people found out music from a game called Hot Wheels Mechanix was stock music, so it’s worth having a look.
Morphadron is Rom Di Prisco and Captain Ginger is Saki Kaskas, just 2 different aliases of them but either way they were the best NFS had, thier music was perfect! :D
I yearn for a racing game with an Evolution mode like this game has. It was so much fun driving the cars through different generations, and learning about them, modding and tuning them. Factory driver mode was also a hoot. Now racing games seem to ONLY focus on racing, which can get a little repetitive at times
It's cool to see these old Need for Speed games. I was around since the very beginning, as the first video game I ever owned was The Need for Speed I, a gift from my father. I still have it, along with the followups, all for PC since I didn't have a console growing up. You are correct in that the original games were vastly different. The first game was developed in coordination with Road & Track magazine to try and get a very realistic driving experience by using telemetry data they recorded from the actual cars and a mix of circuit and point-to-point races with some having traffic and police chases in a variety of exotic locations. The Need for Speed II was like a more advanced version of that which focused on concept cars with some real-life supercars thrown in, more exotic locations (even space!), but eliminated the point-to-point races and police chases. The sound was epic, with amazing ambient sounds, good effects, and good music. The Need for Speed III - Hot Pursuit went a very different route by bringing in very arcade-like handling where you didn't really have to brake for turns, bringing back police chases, and allowing you to play as the police, and it kept up a wide variety of locations and introduced nighttime racing. The Need for Speed IV - High Stakes was an evolution of that which introduced damage, car customization, and a career mode. This is also the king of the modding scene with thousands of user-made cars and hundreds if not a thousand tracks as well covering places all over the world. The best car mods of all were made by a modder called Ryuji Kainoh. His cars looked and felt like developer-quality ones, so they matched the ones in the game, and he did over a hundred. They were all relevant too, using models from the same era. I still have them all saved on a CD somewhere. My theory is that he worked on the modelling in the game and added a bunch of cars he wished they'd been able to put in. The Need for Speed V - Porsche Unleashed, is, of course, the one you're reviewing now. It was designed to bring back less arcade-like handling and new features like opening parts and multiple pathways on a circuit, but was largely derided for having just one manufacturer. People wanted to race lots of different brands, like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Lotus, and the like, not just Porsches. It was the first NFS game I didn't buy, and that was the main reason. On a side note, another game, Motor City Online, was heavily based on Porsche Unleashed. It was focused on racing hot rods and muscle cars on similar tracks, and was one of the first online-only games, focused on racing against other players all the time. When they shut down the server, the game stopped working. A lot of people were mad about that, so they eventually came up with a way to trick it into thinking it was connecting to the server so they could still play. The Need for Speed VI - Hot Pursuit II was a good blend of the previous games, with handling similar to Porsche Unleashed that was between simulation and arcade, bringing back other manufacturers, and upping the crazy police chases, but elminating car customization and time of day changes. Then The Need for Speed VII - Underground came out, and I kind of lost interest in it. The Need for Speed series up to this point had always been about racing exotic cars in exotic locations, then switched over to racing tuner cars that you customized in a city at night. No more supercars, no more racing along beaches, mountains, jungles, and deserts, so it was a no-go for me. It felt like it should have been a Midnight Club game, not a Need for Speed game.
Perfectly said! I still never even touched Motor City Online, if I'm not mistaken, people made custom servers for it so I could probably play it for a video one day. Also, being someone who grew up in the 2000s, it's so weird to me that so many people believe NFS 1 and 2 were "The real NFS games" just like people believe Underground/Most Wanted were "The Real Ones"... I wonder if in the future people will look back and believe that Unbound was the real NFS game haha
@@BlooTeg NFS 1 and NFS2 may not been as good as NFS games after it but they surely are a big reason to why Need for Speed is so big, NFS3 and NFS4 were the peak of NFS.. NFS4 on PC is just NFS3 with added tracks from High Stakes with minor changes but on PS1, High Stakes were more realistic in form of that there were weights to the cars and every car felt different (Japanese release of High Stakes called Over Drivin' IV had a R34 and shows what i mean) and EA Canada who did High Stakes did the PC version of NFS Porsche Unleashed which is why it feels more solid and better then Eden Games's PS1 version of it as you could tell, and speaking of the soundtrack.. PS1 only had 3 songs while PC had everything and not just the 3 songs :)
Physics TOCA Race Driver : PS1 x Great Physics Project Cars : PS4 x Crap Physics so, physics aren't hardware tied, maybe for how much features yes, but the basics can be done correctly on low end hardware if you're a good enough developer !
@@BlooTeg correction, it's called TOCA Touring Championship or something, and it is also one of the first games i had as a kid, it had incredible Physics and features for it's age and even a decade later ahead, it had wheels that could be broken away, cockpit view, and just felt like you were driving a car that you actually owned, hard to explain feelings lol, but do give it a try on an emulator in ur free time
@@BlooTeg Yeah it really seems to be the black sheep of the early days, a lot of people seem to have skipped over it entirely. I was a PC kid myself but the intro was the same on that and that's a proper nostalgia hit hahah
This is definitely one of the most unique NFS games, even after playing Most Wanted, Carbon, and some of their mods, the free driving mode in this game is unmatched in atmosphere and simplicity. Go over 80 km/h? Cop chase. Go over 250 km/h? Also cop chase, but they fine you about a thousand dollars after you inevitably total your 917 Short Tail into a lamppost. Then you just go on your merry way doing the same damn thing again. In the other games, driving around felt too involved with heat levels, speed breakers and spike strips that also happen to total your transmission systems. When just having a good time doing barrel rolls this game is definitely the more arcade choice
Dude having your old BlueTag character as the arguing party, Idk if it was my idea I suggested a few months ago, but I’ll keep it in my headcanon that I personally had a creative decision in your channel. I feel so honored ❤
Looking forward to the High Stakes video. That game alone got me into electronic music all those years ago. Used to sit in the car showcase room and just chill.
I played this so much until Shift series arrived. Great memory. Still remember spending hours doing time attack with 993 and 996 carrera just to prove air-cool is better haha.
One thing really bothers me about this game when I was a kid back then; THE GODDAMN 90 DEGREE TURNS! Almost every track have them and can caught you off guard if ur not paying attention, which is hard to do after flooring ur 911 Turbo lol. Otherwise, a great game and definitely a treat for Porsche enthusiasts
Nice to see you came back! The 1st gen era of NFS (1-HP2) always my fav games,hope you'll review more of them and play both console and PC version as well. Also it seem that you did not review Burnout series yet so I recomment you looking intro them.
Im glad you get to review need for speed porsche unleash. This was my very first need for speed game i played on my ps1 when i was 8 years old. I didn't understand glitches and bugs that time that i just shrug it off and just enjoyed the game. I didn't even know what i'm doing other than crashing my cars in every map, picking the fastest car and driving at high speed up hill just to see my car jump and my favorite part at the europe map (france or germany i think, i barely remember but its a country side map), there are bumpy grounds on the side of the tracks and i would drive my car there just to watch my car flipping randomly because i find it so funny ahahah. I did encounter some game breaking glitches in this game, like going to the opposite direction just to collide my car with another npc car and watch my car backflipping or flying out of the map that I broke the game. The physics in this game is so wonky that my 8 year old self would just laugh and find it cool for some reason.🤣🤣good old days
I’ve seen kuruhs play this and he said that the pc version of this game is better since he played both, until then, I didn’t know this game was on console, I played a little of this game as a kid, and I didn’t understand the mechanics because I was a little kid, plus I didn’t know it has customization either, since I’m older, I want to play it, but I want to play the pc version
I know atleast one Artist , RIP, Saki Kaskas (Theodosius Kaskamanidis) . Who went by Captain Ginger and made the track Aquadelic . Saki Kaskas also made soundtrack for other NFS too. Friends with Jeff Van Dyck, Traz Damji and Rom Di Prisco en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kaskas
ah, yes. Good old NFS Porsche (or NFS 2000 in some cases) Not my first NFS game, except i had the PC version. But it was the game that got me into NFS. Even though my first NFS was NFS 3. NFS Porsche was also the game that triggered my interest in the Porsche 944. I'm not a pure Porsche fan, but i do really like the 944 even today. Mainly because of NFS Porsche. And then NFS Underground came into my hands, which pretty much served as the contract i signed to keep an eye out on NFS games from there on out.
Porsche Unleashed was my first Need For Speed game. Yet I have no memories of playing this much, maybe it was too difficult for me back then. I gotta find a way to play this now!
Finally, blue tag has finally come back to the RUclips scene again. Welcome back my friend. This video was awesome today. I absolutely loved it here. Thanks for my daily dose of need for speed content here ♥️ 🐀
The most weird game in the series. And I replayed it a lot on PC but you know what's funny? It doesn't have a campaign mode! Like, the mode where you progress through the game, unlock cars and win races. And when I start evolution mode, it simply shows me a slideshow of history of Porsche cars. Like a f-n care about their evolution lol. So yeah, I never played this game for too long. Just few hours and then I delete it.
I grew up with the old nfs games, starting with 3 hot pursuit, and i can say my favorite one was High Stakes, damn that games was so Peak, i mean, the music oh god the music is so god damn perfect, the sound effects has that style that feels so good, when i first get into the game i got apeshited when the damage in the cars showed up and actually it affects the velocity of your car or turnings, and yeah you can see your driver model in the car and i was like oh my god its so futuristic this game, this games has a pretty good customization, not perfect but good, and it changes depending on what color of your car ir I hope someday you can talk about this game or also Hot Wheels Extreme Racing, the very grand dad of sonic and sega all stars racing transformed Maybe in Kshinder you can find the soundtrack of the game, idont know if it still there
Will DEFINITELY be talking about High Stakes and that one shouldn't take too long! Not sure about when the Hot Wheels games will make an appearance but sure they will!
Pc version was amazing. I got it in 2003 at a shop called comet in the uk for £10. Still play it occasionally now haha. They could of added more version of porsches to the game like the ps1 version. Ost soundtracks are on RUclips and I'm sure they have the artists names.
PS1 Version have MUCH BETTER atmosphere compared to PC version. For example, when You are playing "Evolution" mode in PC version, You always have modern music and modern NPC cars. On the other hand, on PS1, You even have some kind of "colour filter" on textures and damn, You really do feel like You are actually in 1950s or 1970s... so much nostalgia...
For me the best need for speed ever to have a kind of progression in a race game with no RPG elements (XP, level up, builds, etc) playing the Evolution game mode, I farmed money and bought the cars to help me always get the golden trophy on every race. Me diverti pra caceta nesse jogo quando moleque kk
From what I've seen, the PC versions of Need for Speed games were a lot better than PS1 versions. Iirc, Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2 was the 1st time a console version of Need for Speed was better than the PC version. Personally, I'm not a fan of Porsche Unleashed. From what I've seen of PS1 version, all tracks seem very... claustrophobic, as they're a lot more narrow and seem harder to drive on than the PC version's tracks - especially with collision detection being what it is. Also, iirc, the PS1 version doesn't have car upgrades nor customization. In PC version, most cars are heavily prone to spinning out even on easy turns, 'cause their engine's in the rear - with only few MR & FR models being actually fun to drive. Yet, despite all that I still think Porsche Unleashed had the best idea for a career mode out of all Need for Speed games. And Corsica (from the PC version) is my favorite track in *any* Need for Speed game. Basically, the track is a web of interconnected roads and you're allowed to take any route you want through it. Whoever came up with it is a damn genius, imo.
Porsche Unleashed always confused me. How much did Porsche pay to get this made? I am sure Ferrari or Lamborghini or even Ford would have made more sense.
@@HyperVanilo I remember that! Test Drive Unlimited had to use all RUF cars and I always thought that was weird at the time because I was never a Porsche person.
Weird or not, that game is my childhood right there. So many memories with all those different Porsches and eras. And that music *chef kiss*. Btw, the music for the game is easily findable in RUclips. It's true that there aren't names or artists but it is available in this playlist and is almost in the correct order you would hear in the game. Cheers!: ruclips.net/video/6quV122vGnA/видео.html
It's a better game on PC than PS1 tho PS1 had unique songs that aren't on PC, ofc this PS1 version is developed by the same people who gave us Test Drive Unlimited 1 & 2. They also worked on the V-Rally games
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NFS Porsche Unleashed was the catalyst for the NFS modding community. Obviously NFS games were modded before but it wasn't very popular or creative, on the internet it started with High Stakes , but NFS:PU was when a large community formed and started getting really creative
I'll definitely look into it when I get to the PC version
@@BlooTeg I believe the reason was because a lot more people started having broadband or at least unlimited/cheap dialup, while also moving away from BBS to phpbb style forums and instant messagers. So people started sharing files more often
shame you can't add completely new tracks into the game or cars, instead tyou can only replace with current existing ones, would be amazing if someone made a mod that adds few new tracks (from PS1 version for instance) and cars that appeared in PS1 release but were missing on PC (924, 968, 917k to name a few)
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@buak809 Adding new tracks isn't possible, but adding new cars and making them race is very much possible.
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"The PC *shows photos of destroyed PC* and the Playstation *picture of Megadrive CD*"
I love this beaver
heh
Should have made the "PC" a destroyed iMac!
this is what made me a Porschephile, and also is the beginning era of EA Porsche exclusive license, for the music this is peak. R U Ready, Dr. Know and Rezidue are my favourite songs from Porsche Unleashed (hail to Rom Di Prisco aka Morphadron)
fun fact: The PS1 version of Porsche Unleashed was made by none other than Eden Games the devs of TDU1 and 2
That's actually pretty crazy, I forgot to check the devs!
Jesus Christ! I only played the game on PC and my eyes are bleeding and my brain is short-circuiting from what I see from the console version. What an abomination that should be burned and forgotten. The PC version was a masterpiece and a joy for the soul to play over and over again.
DAMN that hurt
@@BlooTeg I played through the PC Version at least 3 times as a kid. I couldn't have said it better.
What I saw in this Video hast pretty much nothing in common with what I remember...
The PS1 version might have been a bit dissapointing, but the PC version is GOATED to me. Even 24 years later the handling in the PC version feels different and very difficult to control sometimes, and when you combine that with the upgrade and damage system you can see that it was pretty damn realistic for a 2000 game, still love the evolution and the factory driver mode to this day
Man, I forgot to talk about the damage! That's the whole point of the used cars! But I still believe I'll make a video on the PC version of each game too, just because of how different they are
@@BlooTeg Idk about the PS1 version, but the PC version has a pretty realistic and annoying damage system, you can feel the steering of the car pushing to one side if you damage the front and the loss of power once the drivetrain is damaged, and the cost to repair it only gets more expensive the further you go in Evolution mode, can be a real pain in the ass once you get to the modern era xd
@@corvetaumbr2410 I never played PS version, however I cherish the PC version to this day. I still take it as one of the best racing games ever, and it sucks that I cannot get it to run on modern PC
@@TMILP A friend of mine hosts a discord server with a "community updated" version where we occasionally run some tournaments, the game runs normally on my DX12 modern GPU, I can give you the invite link if you're interested
@@corvetaumbr2410 That would be amazing, thank you.
that with the poll is actually hilarious
I know, right?
>Video about Porsche Unleashed titled 'The WEIRDEST Need for Speed EVER!'
>Doesn't play the PC version
The PC version lives rent free in my head because of the Normandie track - you start off in the middle of the forest, drive through ancient ruins and a graveyard, then enter a weirdcore farmland before making it to the farmstead proper, where living mannequin farmers move like animatronics. Yes really. It's such a weird, weird track and I've never forgotten it.
that indeed sounds pretty weird
PC version is totally different. Entirely different tracks. I think PC version is a must play. Even now. I loved factory driver mode. Maybe not everyones cup of coffee but it was mine. Try it.
will do!
Porsche Unleahsed on PS1 felt like such a fever dream to me. For some reason I got really scared of the police chasing after me like it's slender man or something
3:52 I wonder if Gamespot have been sorry for writing that after big rigs dropped.
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Ah yes, The "V-Rally 2" of Porsche NFS. Since the physics kinda same, I can easy getting used to. The Classic Era ost(Home and Porsche Ceneter ost)are earworm it's brainrotting me as a kid. Modern era are my favorites because of the 996 GT3 i believe that i always use in Arcade mode. Never play the PC so i literally had no single idea.
You can pop the PS1 disc into a CD player and it plays the race soundtrack. You might be able to rip the tracks on PC.
The only problem is that I'm not sure which sounds are which there, pretty sure they're just called "Track X" :(
The menu music worked by remixing different bits of audio, like 3 or 4 different little loops, that when put together, repeated sometimes, will make the song. I once ripped the audio and remade one of them, it was basically like, "audio 1"(x2) → "audio 2" → "audio 1" → "audio 3", then back.
The songs can be found unofficially on RUclips. Hey, if they aren't offering them officially, then it shouldn't be wrong to do that, right?
For the game, the only thing (outside of bugs) I think is unfortunate is how the car's headlights don't work. Some tracks are set at night and you can't see anything. You can see the road, without even having brightness that high, but it's odd. One would think they would not have big sections of track at night without illumination, like the french riviera at 7:27. It's annoying enough, that I know you're on the second race of the Classic Era Class 2 Championship.. it kinda sticks with you.
But, seriously, piss off "ReDriver 2", I want "ReNeed For Speed Porsche Unleashed PS1", but with working headlights, more cars on track, and the open maps having all roads available (since it would be too heavy on PS1 to have the whole maps at once, free roam is a smaller map).
More realistically for what they could've done back then, just, like, maybe a practice mode where you could pick any of the closed-off street circuits and any car and just drive there.
Man, a project like ReDriver for the old NFS games would be sick!
Had this on PC back in the day. I live in the UK and it was called "Porsche 2000" here.
I got so confused when looking for this game and "Porsche 2000" kept popping up lol
The pc version is made by another studio and its different from the ps1 version
@@kamal7566 The PC version is made by the same devs who worked on PS1 version of both 3 Hot Pursuit and High Stakes
@@NismoRacer00 EA Canada.
@@Silva_GP Correct, the PC version of 3 Hot Pursuit and Porsche Unleashed are developed by EA Seattle
This game is basically a Total conversation mod for V-Rally 2. Compare them side-by-side. Same camera, same physics, same modeling style, similar UI typefaces...
I honestly don't think I've ever played V-Rally, but that makes me interested in it
It's from the same studio is why, pretty sure its the same engine
I had the PC version, growing up in the mid-late 2000’s. Those synth tracks are really friggin nostalgic. The Factory Driver mode was my absolute favorite! Maybe one day you can play the PC versions of classic NFS in backwards release order.
Great video!
will probably do! keep an eye out!
much appreciated my dude
You mean "The BEST Need for Speed EVER!"..
In the PC version of Porsche Unleashed. You could get pretty much infinite money by buying used cars, fixing em and selling for a profit. I think it was like a bug that never got patched.
I'll remember that for the PC version haha
Soundtrack on PC was done by a guy called Morphadron and someone else called Captain Ginger. I suspect PS1 could have at least one Morphadron track that wasn’t in the PC version. Another thing worth checking is really old stock music. A lot of people found out music from a game called Hot Wheels Mechanix was stock music, so it’s worth having a look.
Ohh, that's interesting
I think its a bit weird the songs on PC and PS are so different from each other
Morphadron is Rom Di Prisco and Captain Ginger is Saki Kaskas, just 2 different aliases of them but either way they were the best NFS had, thier music was perfect! :D
I yearn for a racing game with an Evolution mode like this game has. It was so much fun driving the cars through different generations, and learning about them, modding and tuning them. Factory driver mode was also a hoot. Now racing games seem to ONLY focus on racing, which can get a little repetitive at times
It's cool to see these old Need for Speed games. I was around since the very beginning, as the first video game I ever owned was The Need for Speed I, a gift from my father. I still have it, along with the followups, all for PC since I didn't have a console growing up. You are correct in that the original games were vastly different.
The first game was developed in coordination with Road & Track magazine to try and get a very realistic driving experience by using telemetry data they recorded from the actual cars and a mix of circuit and point-to-point races with some having traffic and police chases in a variety of exotic locations.
The Need for Speed II was like a more advanced version of that which focused on concept cars with some real-life supercars thrown in, more exotic locations (even space!), but eliminated the point-to-point races and police chases. The sound was epic, with amazing ambient sounds, good effects, and good music.
The Need for Speed III - Hot Pursuit went a very different route by bringing in very arcade-like handling where you didn't really have to brake for turns, bringing back police chases, and allowing you to play as the police, and it kept up a wide variety of locations and introduced nighttime racing.
The Need for Speed IV - High Stakes was an evolution of that which introduced damage, car customization, and a career mode. This is also the king of the modding scene with thousands of user-made cars and hundreds if not a thousand tracks as well covering places all over the world. The best car mods of all were made by a modder called Ryuji Kainoh. His cars looked and felt like developer-quality ones, so they matched the ones in the game, and he did over a hundred. They were all relevant too, using models from the same era. I still have them all saved on a CD somewhere. My theory is that he worked on the modelling in the game and added a bunch of cars he wished they'd been able to put in.
The Need for Speed V - Porsche Unleashed, is, of course, the one you're reviewing now. It was designed to bring back less arcade-like handling and new features like opening parts and multiple pathways on a circuit, but was largely derided for having just one manufacturer. People wanted to race lots of different brands, like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Lotus, and the like, not just Porsches. It was the first NFS game I didn't buy, and that was the main reason.
On a side note, another game, Motor City Online, was heavily based on Porsche Unleashed. It was focused on racing hot rods and muscle cars on similar tracks, and was one of the first online-only games, focused on racing against other players all the time. When they shut down the server, the game stopped working. A lot of people were mad about that, so they eventually came up with a way to trick it into thinking it was connecting to the server so they could still play.
The Need for Speed VI - Hot Pursuit II was a good blend of the previous games, with handling similar to Porsche Unleashed that was between simulation and arcade, bringing back other manufacturers, and upping the crazy police chases, but elminating car customization and time of day changes.
Then The Need for Speed VII - Underground came out, and I kind of lost interest in it. The Need for Speed series up to this point had always been about racing exotic cars in exotic locations, then switched over to racing tuner cars that you customized in a city at night. No more supercars, no more racing along beaches, mountains, jungles, and deserts, so it was a no-go for me. It felt like it should have been a Midnight Club game, not a Need for Speed game.
Perfectly said! I still never even touched Motor City Online, if I'm not mistaken, people made custom servers for it so I could probably play it for a video one day. Also, being someone who grew up in the 2000s, it's so weird to me that so many people believe NFS 1 and 2 were "The real NFS games" just like people believe Underground/Most Wanted were "The Real Ones"... I wonder if in the future people will look back and believe that Unbound was the real NFS game haha
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@tenpoundburrito i must correct you on Motor City Online, it wasnt heavily based on High Stakes actully and not Poresche Unleashed! :)
@@BlooTeg NFS 1 and NFS2 may not been as good as NFS games after it but they surely are a big reason to why Need for Speed is so big, NFS3 and NFS4 were the peak of NFS.. NFS4 on PC is just NFS3 with added tracks from High Stakes with minor changes but on PS1, High Stakes were more realistic in form of that there were weights to the cars and every car felt different (Japanese release of High Stakes called Over Drivin' IV had a R34 and shows what i mean) and EA Canada who did High Stakes did the PC version of NFS Porsche Unleashed which is why it feels more solid and better then Eden Games's PS1 version of it as you could tell, and speaking of the soundtrack.. PS1 only had 3 songs while PC had everything and not just the 3 songs :)
Physics
TOCA Race Driver : PS1 x Great Physics
Project Cars : PS4 x Crap Physics
so, physics aren't hardware tied, maybe for how much features yes, but the basics can be done correctly on low end hardware if you're a good enough developer !
don't think I've played TOCA on the PS1, might be worth playing it then?
@@BlooTeg correction, it's called TOCA Touring Championship or something, and it is also one of the first games i had as a kid, it had incredible Physics and features for it's age and even a decade later ahead,
it had wheels that could be broken away, cockpit view, and just felt like you were driving a car that you actually owned, hard to explain feelings lol, but do give it a try on an emulator in ur free time
Judging by the view in your window- you live in Sonoma County California!!!
Jokes aside, glad to see you back Teg!
IT'S THE GEOGUESSER GUY
This was my first Need for Speed and it holds a special place in my heart!
oh that's awesome! I think you're the first person I've heard said this was their first NFS haha
@@BlooTeg Yeah it really seems to be the black sheep of the early days, a lot of people seem to have skipped over it entirely. I was a PC kid myself but the intro was the same on that and that's a proper nostalgia hit hahah
This is definitely one of the most unique NFS games, even after playing Most Wanted, Carbon, and some of their mods, the free driving mode in this game is unmatched in atmosphere and simplicity.
Go over 80 km/h? Cop chase.
Go over 250 km/h? Also cop chase, but they fine you about a thousand dollars after you inevitably total your 917 Short Tail into a lamppost.
Then you just go on your merry way doing the same damn thing again.
In the other games, driving around felt too involved with heat levels, speed breakers and spike strips that also happen to total your transmission systems. When just having a good time doing barrel rolls this game is definitely the more arcade choice
oh I think I completely missed that! But then again I didn't 100% the game haha
Dude having your old BlueTag character as the arguing party, Idk if it was my idea I suggested a few months ago, but I’ll keep it in my headcanon that I personally had a creative decision in your channel. I feel so honored ❤
From the community post 5 months ago asking what to do with your old character. If you did take my advice, I really appreciate it.
I'll say yes then
Looking forward to the High Stakes video. That game alone got me into electronic music all those years ago. Used to sit in the car showcase room and just chill.
can't wait to play that one either
I played this so much until Shift series arrived. Great memory. Still remember spending hours doing time attack with 993 and 996 carrera just to prove air-cool is better haha.
As a kid who grew up in love with Porsches, this was my favorite NFS on the PS1 era.
I can definitely see why haha
One thing really bothers me about this game when I was a kid back then;
THE GODDAMN 90 DEGREE TURNS!
Almost every track have them and can caught you off guard if ur not paying attention, which is hard to do after flooring ur 911 Turbo lol.
Otherwise, a great game and definitely a treat for Porsche enthusiasts
oh those got me over and over man, I feel you on that one
Nice to see you came back!
The 1st gen era of NFS (1-HP2) always my fav games,hope you'll review more of them and play both console and PC version as well.
Also it seem that you did not review Burnout series yet so I recomment you looking intro them.
will definitely make a video on the burnout games! and this series will continue for sure
0:50 I was gonna say "well, i didn't participate in the joke", only to rememver that i actually did 😂
NOOOOOOOOO
I remember watching my big brother play this game like 20 years ago. Truly a classic NFS game.
TRULY one of the games ever made
Im glad you get to review need for speed porsche unleash. This was my very first need for speed game i played on my ps1 when i was 8 years old. I didn't understand glitches and bugs that time that i just shrug it off and just enjoyed the game.
I didn't even know what i'm doing other than crashing my cars in every map, picking the fastest car and driving at high speed up hill just to see my car jump and my favorite part at the europe map (france or germany i think, i barely remember but its a country side map), there are bumpy grounds on the side of the tracks and i would drive my car there just to watch my car flipping randomly because i find it so funny ahahah.
I did encounter some game breaking glitches in this game, like going to the opposite direction just to collide my car with another npc car and watch my car backflipping or flying out of the map that I broke the game. The physics in this game is so wonky that my 8 year old self would just laugh and find it cool for some reason.🤣🤣good old days
Going the wrong way to see the crashes is something I think we all did haha good times
Factory driver was brilliant. I actually played more FD than evolution. And the graphics on PC was amazing.
I’ve seen kuruhs play this and he said that the pc version of this game is better since he played both, until then, I didn’t know this game was on console, I played a little of this game as a kid, and I didn’t understand the mechanics because I was a little kid, plus I didn’t know it has customization either, since I’m older, I want to play it, but I want to play the pc version
Pretty sure you can get that version easily! I think most people agree that the PC version was the better one
I need a pc first
Happy to see a new video, excited to see you do older NFS videos.
excited to play them!
I know atleast one Artist , RIP, Saki Kaskas (Theodosius Kaskamanidis) . Who went by Captain Ginger and made the track Aquadelic . Saki Kaskas also made soundtrack for other NFS too. Friends with Jeff Van Dyck, Traz Damji and Rom Di Prisco
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kaskas
YOOO I REMEMBER JEFF DYCK AND PRISCO! Rip Saki :( that's news to me
Yes. Saki (RIP) also made "Callista" from NFS High Stakes which was then reused in Mass Effect 2.
ah, yes.
Good old NFS Porsche (or NFS 2000 in some cases)
Not my first NFS game, except i had the PC version. But it was the game that got me into NFS. Even though my first NFS was NFS 3.
NFS Porsche was also the game that triggered my interest in the Porsche 944.
I'm not a pure Porsche fan, but i do really like the 944 even today. Mainly because of NFS Porsche.
And then NFS Underground came into my hands, which pretty much served as the contract i signed to keep an eye out on NFS games from there on out.
that's awesome! I don't think I've ever even seen NFS 3 or HS on PC, so that's gonna be interesting
Funny blue Beaver
where he at
@@BlooTeg i dont know
The return of the King
can't wait for the sequel
Porsche Unleashed was my first Need For Speed game. Yet I have no memories of playing this much, maybe it was too difficult for me back then. I gotta find a way to play this now!
the internet is your friend!
A versão de PS1 foi provavelmente o primeiro jogo de carro (e talvez videogame em geral) que eu joguei na vida.. pqp como eu amo esse jogo
I still occasionally play NFS Porsche Unleashed on my old PS2... but I'm a massive Porsche nerd so....
I still have the PC CD version sitting on my shelf on display
You didn't finish Factory Driver? That mode takes like 30 minutes to beat lol
I played 4 or 5 levels of it only, didn't keep playing after that
I know I'm late, but thank you for continuing to make awesome videos!
thank you for watching! glad you like them!
snrt-- woah, huh...? Oh, right, this series! Hell yeah!
Good vid, BlueTag, sorry about rigging the poll :>
I KNEW YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT
I appreciate you checking out the new vid!
Great review! I enjoyed hearing your views on the game, and I loved the jokes - 'Yes. It is.' *SILENCE*. 😂 It's good to have you back, Blue!
LOL I'm glad! I was afraid some of the jokes wouldn't stick but I'm glad you feel that way haha
So much nostalgia with this game for me.
It's still pretty good!
man i was just looking at your channel yesterday wondering when you were gonna post again 🙌good quality content BlueTag :3
good timing haha
thank you!
Finally, blue tag has finally come back to the RUclips scene again. Welcome back my friend. This video was awesome today. I absolutely loved it here. Thanks for my daily dose of need for speed content here ♥️ 🐀
thank you so much! Glad to be back!
I remember playing the PC version of this title. It was definitely a strange yet enjoyable oddity.
Some great memories of that game
the nostalgia of the 5 minutes I played hit hard
Never even played this one, and probably never will.
That's my first ever videogame disc, on the PS1, and i did not enjoy the pc version later...
trust me, I understand the feeling
The most weird game in the series. And I replayed it a lot on PC but you know what's funny? It doesn't have a campaign mode! Like, the mode where you progress through the game, unlock cars and win races. And when I start evolution mode, it simply shows me a slideshow of history of Porsche cars. Like a f-n care about their evolution lol. So yeah, I never played this game for too long. Just few hours and then I delete it.
rip
I grew up with the old nfs games, starting with 3 hot pursuit, and i can say my favorite one was High Stakes, damn that games was so Peak, i mean, the music oh god the music is so god damn perfect, the sound effects has that style that feels so good, when i first get into the game i got apeshited when the damage in the cars showed up and actually it affects the velocity of your car or turnings, and yeah you can see your driver model in the car and i was like oh my god its so futuristic this game, this games has a pretty good customization, not perfect but good, and it changes depending on what color of your car ir
I hope someday you can talk about this game or also Hot Wheels Extreme Racing, the very grand dad of sonic and sega all stars racing transformed
Maybe in Kshinder you can find the soundtrack of the game, idont know if it still there
Will DEFINITELY be talking about High Stakes and that one shouldn't take too long! Not sure about when the Hot Wheels games will make an appearance but sure they will!
Ohhh finally a GOOD youtube video
Thank you so much! Glad to be back!
Pc version was amazing. I got it in 2003 at a shop called comet in the uk for £10. Still play it occasionally now haha. They could of added more version of porsches to the game like the ps1 version.
Ost soundtracks are on RUclips and I'm sure they have the artists names.
hell yeah
The channel Primal Sounds uploaded the OSTs, check them out
oh the songs missing are probably there somewhere! it's so weird that you can't find them as easily now
PS1 Version have MUCH BETTER atmosphere compared to PC version. For example, when You are playing "Evolution" mode in PC version, You always have modern music and modern NPC cars. On the other hand, on PS1, You even have some kind of "colour filter" on textures and damn, You really do feel like You are actually in 1950s or 1970s... so much nostalgia...
Actually, I never played NFS porsche unleashed.
My first NFS played was Hot Pursuit 2
Can recommend for some mindless fun!
@@BlooTeg maybe Road Rash.
I've Played NFS underground 1 Prototype Version and there is some debug menu so you can mess around with the AI Cars
that sounds interesting for a stream honestly!
This game got me into Porsche
seems like a lot of people started loving Porsches because of this one haha
Brothers in arms defiantly deserves some love
real, such great games
For me the best need for speed ever to have a kind of progression in a race game with no RPG elements (XP, level up, builds, etc) playing the Evolution game mode, I farmed money and bought the cars to help me always get the golden trophy on every race.
Me diverti pra caceta nesse jogo quando moleque kk
Oh hell yeah! I don't think I'd have the patience for that but that's commendable haha
i hope you like your cheese drippy because this is a wet one
EWWWWWWWW
Finally a new blue tag video i can finally stop edging and unload
can do WHAT NOW
Look the tokyo xtreme racer 3, is a very good forgotten game. And there's a rumor of a comeback.
I watched Dove play it a bit but never played it myself! I'll give it a shot when I can!
Please try the PC version but little advice have ready your accurate era PSX soundtrack
I'll give it a shot when I finish the PS1 ones!
3:40 okok let's be honest. You mean you having fun that Porsche 550 Spyder flying....right?😂
YES!
Make a video about GT Advance 3, a copy of Gran Turismo for Game Boy Advance.
Could be on a "GBA Racing games" video!
It was one of the greatest racing game ever made till date.
And yes.. The songs are pretty cool ngl
no bad soundtracks existed
From what I've seen, the PC versions of Need for Speed games were a lot better than PS1 versions. Iirc, Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2 was the 1st time a console version of Need for Speed was better than the PC version.
Personally, I'm not a fan of Porsche Unleashed.
From what I've seen of PS1 version, all tracks seem very... claustrophobic, as they're a lot more narrow and seem harder to drive on than the PC version's tracks - especially with collision detection being what it is. Also, iirc, the PS1 version doesn't have car upgrades nor customization.
In PC version, most cars are heavily prone to spinning out even on easy turns, 'cause their engine's in the rear - with only few MR & FR models being actually fun to drive.
Yet, despite all that I still think Porsche Unleashed had the best idea for a career mode out of all Need for Speed games. And Corsica (from the PC version) is my favorite track in *any* Need for Speed game. Basically, the track is a web of interconnected roads and you're allowed to take any route you want through it. Whoever came up with it is a damn genius, imo.
that sounds pretty cool, I'll make sure to make a video on the PC version after I'm finished with the PS1!
Thanks for this game, i became a Porsche fanboy until this time. Especially with Porsche 996 and 993 generation lol
I can definitely see how that'd happen, some games 100% changed my taste in cars since I was a kid haha
Good to see you back!
glad to be back for sure!
I'm pretty sure I played a Game Boy Advance game that was Need for Speed Porsche. Don't know what year that was...
made a video on it!
Interior version.
it lives in a farm
The comeback is real Mr.Tag
IT IS INDEED, REAL.
Holy shit, where have you been? 4 months since last upload bro
I know right? it's been a minute
Yo the blue mouse from dk is back. Welcome back
thank thank mate lesgooooooooo
Porsche Unleashed always confused me. How much did Porsche pay to get this made? I am sure Ferrari or Lamborghini or even Ford would have made more sense.
Keep in mind that EA owned the Porsche license, back then other studios can't put any Porsche car in their game, they used the tuner brand RUF instead
honestly it was always weird to me that it only had one car brand, which is not what I ever expected from NFS
@@BlooTeg
Let's just say it's their way of flexing that they owned Porsche
@@HyperVanilo I remember that! Test Drive Unlimited had to use all RUF cars and I always thought that was weird at the time because I was never a Porsche person.
hey, its been awhile. Good to see you still going strong, friend.
yes sir! Thank you!
Weird or not, that game is my childhood right there. So many memories with all those different Porsches and eras. And that music *chef kiss*. Btw, the music for the game is easily findable in RUclips. It's true that there aren't names or artists but it is available in this playlist and is almost in the correct order you would hear in the game. Cheers!: ruclips.net/video/6quV122vGnA/видео.html
thank you!
It's a better game on PC than PS1 tho PS1 had unique songs that aren't on PC, ofc this PS1 version is developed by the same people who gave us Test Drive Unlimited 1 & 2. They also worked on the V-Rally games
and for PS1 version of Classic Era NFS games, I recommend playing 3 Hot Pursuit and High Stakes there instead of PC
oh I had no idea it was made by the TDU guys! that's pretty cool
@@NismoRacer00nah
@@MidnightApex-ml6jc why not?
@@NismoRacer00 pc version of 3 allows you to play as a cop,high stakes pc has pink slips as part of career mode
hp10 for wii is somewhat similar to nfs nitro to the point where Id say its kinda like a sequel to nitro
Yeah, the PC version would have been alot better.
maybe will make videos on every version but on PC next time
@@BlooTeg You'll run out of NFS games eventually ...
when I do, I'll remake every video
Looks too good. Duckstation, right? Anyway, you ought to try the PC version.
Yes sir! I did play a little bit of it but noticed I didn't have the gas in me to make a double review this time, already took me long enough haha
Jin Kazama
Kin Jazama
@@BlooTeg teken 3
You should play the other psp ports ballstag
true, you're right
Huge missed opportunity for not playing the PC version imo.
joguei mto esse na infancia, e e´estranho ver como a versao de ps1 (que joguei) é extremamente diferente da versao de pc
for me that game was best racing on PS1
_enjoyed it much more then gran turismo 2_
The king has returned!
kept you waiting, huh
_Aquila 303 mentioned!!!_
You want the full soundtrack
Khinside mp3 is your best bet
still can't find the cat or the dog :(
Bruh do you really answer all the comments? How?
I spend an unhealthy amount of time doing it and I'm not proud of it, but at least I'm connected with the people who watch